Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Art Nouveau
The theme for January's swap at Unlimited Textiles was Art Nouveau.
Well new year, new art.
I love this style. It flows and grows with spirals and curves and is just beautiful.
With my love of flowers it was certain what I would choose as my focus.
I had some lovely pieces of green silk that were too small to do much with but made great backgrounds for my flowers.
The flowers are organza. I cut out the shapes with a small point on my soldering iron.
I like to do this as the edges don't fray but I have to remember to wear a mask as the fumes are unpleasant.
I did a little detail with gold thread which quilted the items too.
The ATC's are zig zagged onto pelmet vilene and the quiltie (5" x 5") is backed with hand painted cotton.
Labels:
act,
art quilt,
mini quilt,
mixed media,
organza,
textile,
textile art
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They are beautiful Alis,
Art Nouveau is a wonderful source for design, so many possibilities
Hiya! Fellow Brit-stitcher here!!
Nice work on the ATCs. I keep thinking about entering the Country Bumpkin/Inspirations competition for them, but I feel a bit 'original designed-out' at the mo!
Elisabeth, Leeds, (Euro Fibre Arts ring)
Thanks for stopping by.
I have enjoyed reading your blog.
Your work is beautiful.
gorgeous flower accents.
Very nice work!
Funny, I wake up this morning with the intention to cut some flowers from organza with the soldering iron. You confirm this is a good idea!
Beautiful work, Alis.
Fabulous flowers! I'll bet the "fumes" aren't pleasant! But the end result looks worth it!
Lovely work Alis.
I just love your Art Nouveau flower. What is Unlimited Textiles? I saw a blog for it, but the last entry was from mid 2007. Is this a private group?
Just wondering....
These are so lovely!
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